anaheim-gazette 1924-07-17

150 MILLIONS MAY BE POPULATION IN 1950 Statisticians have estimated that the population of the United States, by its natural increase alone and with out any addition from immigration, will amount to 150,000,000 shortly after 1950. Should there be any large immigration in the next quarter of a century, the 150,000,000 mark is even estimated to be reached somewhat earlier, although the influence of immigration on population is obscure because immigration apparently retards the increase of native population. But since in any case this country is headed for such a large population probably within the next 30 years, economists in the Department of Agriculture have attempted to estimate roughly what crop and pasture and forest land will be required to support it. They have calculated that, if consumption remains on the same per capita basis and production per acre is not increased, considerably more land will be needed than is now available. This conclusion, however, the department reports, need cause no alarm because consumption habits will undoubtedly undergo some change and the average yield per acre of crop and pasture land will undoubtedly be increased. Assuming that some modifications will be made in consumption habits and production methods, it is figured that only about 38,000,000 acres need be added to our present actual crop land to support 150,000,000 persons. That addition would suffice for domestic consumption, moreover and still leave us half the present acreage to devote to production for export. This country, it is asserted, is especially adapted to the production of certain crops needed by the rest of the world, particularly cotton. It is MOTOR NEWS Several of the municipalities in Southern California are getting in dutch with motorists, according to complaints reaching the legal department of the Automobile Club of Southern California. Irate auto drivers have been coming to the club headquarters in increasing numbers, all with the same story of being made victims of traffic rapacious revenue collecting systems countenanced by town authorities. A favorite subject of the typical complaints lodged are several towns in proximity to Los Angeles, which places have extensive city limits. It is alleged that the motorist is inside the town limits before any residence is encountered. In the absence of a large and prominent sign the motorist does not slacken his speed to conform with the 20 mile limit while apparently going along country roads, and, as a result, is arrested and made to pay a fine for a technical breach of the law. The direct charge has been made to the legal department of the automobile club that these situations are not the result of chance, but have been carefully studied and are utilized to fatten the town treasury. It is even alleged the officers making the arrests are forced to go to the extreme limit of legal technicality in apprehending motorists as it is demanded of them that they produce sufficient revenue to the town so pay their own salaries and overhead. It is charged that these customs prevail in quite a number of Southern California towns, and the result will be a boycott of these communities on the part of the motoring public. Those familiar with automobile traffic of the present time point out that it must be a rich community indeed that can afford to antagonize motor travel. This was made apparent. PHILIPPI There is a cratical parties lippine independent declare specific dependence," thus stated in form. The Philippine lean party led by the belief Filipino people which free from accepting the ones with or islands, A the wish to prove the co people. That be the dominican considered lems which rise of our relation time Congress that better for pines with r domestic concern the world, and then desire American accord it. Additions in this convinced use action is not. Unprejudicial subject will the Republican sertion that not yet ready They are read self-government and protection This they are there are many who are perhaps exercise of b into republic- habits and production methods, it is figured that only about 38,000,000 acres need be added to our present actual crop land to support 150,000,000 persons. That addition would suffice for domestic consumption, moreover and still leave us half the present acreage to devote to production for export. This country, it is asserted, is especially adapted to the production of certain crops needed by the rest of the world, particularly cotton. It is not likely that it will go out of the production of these crops for export until the pressure of population becomes much greater than it is likely to be within the next few decades. It is estimated that at least half the acreage (including the acreage required for work stock) now employed in the production of export goods will continue to be devoted to that purpose. Allowing for that probability, the experts of the Department of Agriculture figure that the total area of land needed to sustain a population of 150,000,000 with no greater relative dependence on imports than exists now would be 403,000,000 acres. An addition of a little more than 1,000,000 a year until 1955 would bring our crop land acreage up to that point. Some changes in consumption would be necessary to make this area suffice, the department says. In food consumption it is thought the principal change would be in the use of livestock products. Consumption of cereals and dairy products probably would not decrease materially. A very large decrease is reckoned on in the consumption of forest products. How big a cut would be required in this respect would depend largely on the uneasures taken for reforestation. According to department experts, our present forest area of 483,000,000 acres will still be available for growing timber if we can succeed in developing an adequate policy of reforestation. In our present forest areas they say it would be possible by methods not very costly to grow annually by 1950 about 10,000,000 cubic feet of lumber. With that supply consumption of forest products could still be maintained in this country at double the present per capita consumption of Germany and France. On the other hand, consumption of forest products even at that rate is only one-third of our present per capita consumption. Along with these changes in consumption there would have to be important gains in the productivity of appreciating habitats and production methods, it is mandated of them that they produce sufficient revenue to the town to pay their own salaries and overhead. It is charged that these customs prevail in quite a number of Southern California towns, and the result will be a boycott of these communities on the part of the motoring public. Those familiar with automobile traffic of the present time point out that it must be a rich community indeed that can afford to antagonize motor travel. This was made apparent throughout the state some months ago when the hoof and mouth disease quarantine regulations caused partial suspension of automobile travel. It is pointed out by proponents of good roads that the money from fines now goes into authorized funds for maintenance purposes, but it abuses are practiced by communities the legislature may see fit to take away this community privilege, and turn this revenue into the state funds. The value of motor travel to Southern California communities is indicated in a check recently made at Santa Barbara. Every motor vehicle entering or leaving the city on a certain Sunday was counted, and total was 10,400 machines. Allowing an average of four persons to the machine this shows that 40,000 persons were motoring in Santa Barbara during a single day, which number is nearly the entire population of this Southern California city. While there is no check on expenditures of these motorists in Santa Barbara, it is readily apparent that of the more than 10,000 cars several thousand would need gasoline, oil and mechanical attention amounting to a tidy sum for the day. The more than 40,000 occupants may not all have needed food in Santa Barbara, but it is probably true that the vast majority of them made purchases ranging from ice cream cones and hot dogs to elaborate luncheons at the famous hosteleries, so that the food bill of these travelers for the day also must have amounted to astonishing sums. The immediate commercial benefits of the motor tourist are supplemented by others not so easy to calculate but equally as far reaching. Among the 40,000 visitors there were thousands who saw Santa Barbara for the first time and were impressed with the beauty and appeal of the city and its environment. A proportion of these are potential investors in many lines that go toward the development of a new municipality, so it is not far fetched to conclude... very costly to grow annually by 1950 about 10,000,000 cubic feet of lumber. With that supply consumption of forest products could still be maintained in this country at double the present per capita consumption of Germany and France. On the other hand, consumption of forest products even at that rate is only one-third of our present per capita consumption. Along with these changes in consumption there would have to be important gains in the productivity of all kinds of crop land. Such gains, the department declares are feasible. The proper selection of the 38,000,000 acres additional land that will be needed for crops in the next few decades is one of the most important problems confronting the American agriculture. There are available a little more than 600,000,000 acres of potential crop land from which to choose the additional 33,000,000 acres of crop land estimated to be required for a population of 15,000,00. Allowing for an area of forest land equal to the present forest area, there remains nearly 400,000,000 acres of potential crop plan. But nearly all this is of poor quality and requires clearing, drainage, irrigation, fertilization or employment of dry farming methods. In the forested regions of the eastern half of the country it is estimated there are at least 220,000,000 acres capable of use for crops without draining or irrigation. Much of this land, however, while not absolutely too rough for it should be possible by careful selection to get much of the required new crop acreage either from the heavy land of the cut-over region, from the best of the 162,000-400 acres of available medium-textured soils or from land suitable for dry farming. The immediate commercial benefits of the motor tourist are supplemented by others not so easy to calculate but equally as far reaching. Among the 40,000 visitors there were thousands who saw Santa Barbara for the first time and were impressed with the beauty and appeal of the city and its environment. A proportion of these are potential investors in many lines that go toward the development of a new municipality, so it is not far fetched to conclude that in the future there will be prosperous and prominent residents of Santa Barbara, who saw the community for the first time on the Sunday the automobile check in question was made. Another advantage that will ensue from these visitors is the word of mouth advertising that follows such a visit. In these days of stress and strain and keen competition community advertising is coming in for its full share of consideration. What better advertising can any community have than to be viewed by thousands of strangers out for the purpose of sight seeing and coming at a time when the community is in its best "bib and tucker" and prepared for company. These reflections are suspected by the Automobile Club of Southern California, which has been the parent organization in encouraging motor touring in this section. It is pointed out further by the club that many of these tens of thousands, who visited one city on one Sunday are from points outside the state, and have been brought to Southern California because of its never ending charm to the motorist and the splendid facilities and aid freely extended to motorists. The Democrat friendly act plea in giving ambitious poets who seek the cost of hands. In her cap woman in chapel general manner Upon her ding rather leads into an nomical expedition hold funds. The observers less observed industriously papers," pertains them work and to that arise every The careful the newspapers". The are nearly everyday she wishes to know. If she is a like her hours engrossed papers so that business more study with her in the newspaper enable her to more economize and thus add home life. After being thoughtful revertising, this be able to cheer her the great PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE There is a direct and definite issue between the Republican and Democratic parties on the question of Philippine independence. The Democrats declare specifically for "immediate independence." The Republican policy is thus stated in the Republican platform. The Philippine policy of the Republican party has been and is inspired by the belief that our duty toward the Filipino people is a national obligation which should remain entirely free from parties and politics. In accepting the obligation which came to them with control of the Philippine Islands, the American people has only the wish to serve, advance and improve the condition of the Filipino people. That thought will continue to be the dominating factor in the American consideration of the many problems which must inevitably grow out of our relationship to the people. If the time comes when it is evident to Congress that independence would be better for the people of the Philippines with respite to both their domestic concerns and their status in the world, and the Filipino people then desire complete independence, the American Government will gladly accord it. A careful study of the conditions in the Philippine Islands, has convinced us that the time for such action is not yet arrived. Unprejudiced consideration of the subject will convince most men that the Republicans are right in their assertion that the Filipino people are not yet ready for full self-government. They are ready for a large measure of self-government, under the guidance and protection of the United States. This they are now exercising. While there are many of the Filipino people who are perhaps fully prepared for the exercise of the duties of citizenship in a republic, there are more who are Her choice will inevitably be the store where she can get the advertised goods she asks for and where she has been assured in advance, through advertisements, that the purchases she makes will be as advertised. The thoughtful household manager will discover that any merchant who advertises will keep the contract he makes with his customers in his advertisements. She soon learns that any retail dealer who advertises regularly will not betray her confidence. She knows that when the merchant inserts an advertisement in the newspaper, with his own name attached, he is speaking to her. WATCH YOUR HEADLIGHTS State highway traffic officers operating under the direction of the Division of Motor Vehicles are in readiness for another campaign against violators of headlight provisions of the law which will start simultaneously in all sections of California on Monday, July 7th. Division officials hope by this new campaign to rid the highways of the menace of glaring lights and the war on such violators will be waged intensively through all of July and for such time thereafter as is necessary to reduce this hazard to life to a minimum. Chief Will H. Marsh estimated today that 75 per cent of all automobile accidents at night are due to glaring lights. The division will have some 150 uniformed officers and a number of unpaid deputies enforcing the law and local officials from all over the state have written the department pledging their help. Beginning Monday night, the officers will devote a portion of each evening to work on the highways. Every person whose lights appear dan- Unprejudiced consideration of the subject will convince most men that the Republicans are right in their assertion that the Filipino people are not yet ready for full self-government They are ready for a large measure of self-government under the guidance and protection of the United States. This they are now exercising. While there are many of the Filipino people who are perhaps fully prepared for the exercise of the duties of citizenship in a republic, there are more who are not. Independence of the Philippines would not mean government by the best qualified; it would mean government by a majority of all. Such a government would suffer all the changes the destruction, the revolutions that have cursed the republic of Mexico in recent years. There could be little hope that life, liberty and property owners would be reasonably safe with the supporting and defending arm of the United States removed from the Philippines. It is worthwhile to note that the language which the Republican statement employs. It speaks of the interest of the Filipino people with respect to both their domestic concerns and their status in the world. There is a hint well justified, that if the Filipinos were turned loose to organize a government of their own they would not only suffer the ills of internal strife but would become the prey of selfish outside interests. If we grant the Philippines independence, we can scarcely undertake to maintain a protectorate over them as we do over the Latin American Republics under our Monroe Doctrine. The fortunes of a just war gave us possession of the Philippines and imposed upon us the "white man's burden," a burden we have faithfully borne. Under American supervision the Filipino people have enjoyed a peace and prosperity and happiness that would not have come to them otherwise. They would forfeit most of this if they were deprived of the protection and aid they receive at our hands. The Democratic party is doing no friendly act toward the Filipino people in giving encouragement to those ambitious politicians among them who seek their own advancement at the cost of good government. HER BUYING GUIDE In her capacity as housewife, every woman in charge of a household is its general manager. The division will have some 150 uniformed officers and a number of unpaid deputies enforcing the law and local officials from all over the state have written the department pledging their help. Beginning Monday night, the officers will devote a portion of each evening to work on the highways. Every person whose lights appear dangerous will be stopped and ordered to have them adjusted. There are more than 1500 official stations in the state where experts will be on hand to make proper adjustments. Blast furnaces in Virginia are closed down and iron is being imported to that state from India. And the Senators and Congressmen from that state want the tariff reduced still further so that the India iron may be imported at a still lower price and the starting of the domestic furnaces made still more remote. Strange line of economic reasoning. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT In and For the County of Orange, State of California Notice for Publication of Time of Proving Will, Etc. In the matter of the estate of Mary Jewell, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Friday, the 11th day of July, 1924, at ten o'clock a.m. of said day, at the Court room of this Court, Department No. 2, in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, has been appointed as the time and place for hearing the application of Walter J. Jewell, praying that the will of Mary Jewell, deceased, be admitted to probate, that letters of administration with the will annexed be issued thereon to said Walter J. Jewell, at which time and place all persons interested therein may appear and contest the same. Said will of Mary Jewell, deceased, has heretofore been admitted to probate in the County of Washtenaw, State of Michigan, and authenticated copies of said will and of the order admitting the same to probate in said County of Washtenaw are now on file in the above entitled Court. Dated, June 26, 1924. J. M. BACKS, County Clerk. WEISEL AND STARK. Attorneys for Petitioner. 6-26 St HER BUYING GUIDE In her capacity as housewife, every woman in charge of a household is its general manager. Upon her devolves the duty of making rather large purchases, which leads into another duty, that of economical expenditures of the household funds. The observing housewife has doubtless observed that her husband reads industriously what he calls his "trade papers," pertaining to his husbiness. He reads them to keep pace with his work and to help solve the problems that arise every day. The careful housewife will find that the newspapers are her "trade papers". The advertisements tell her nearly everything about the purchases she wishes to make, that she should know. If she is a good household manager like her husband who spends many hours engrossed in his magazine and papers so that he may conduct his business more successfully, she will study with care the advertisements in the newspapers and find that they enable her to conduct her business more economically and successfully, and thus add to the comfort and joy of home life. After becoming a careful and thoughtful reader of newspaper advertising, this type of housewife will be able to choose the store that gives her the greatest value for her money. THE DEMOCRATIC party is doing no friendly act toward the Filipino people in giving encouragement to those ambitious politicians among them who seek their own advancement at the cost of good government. HER BUYING GUIDE J. M. BACKS, County Clerk. WEISEL AND STARK. Attorneys for Petitioner. 6-26-Bt DELINQUENT NOTICE Office of the Anaheim Union Water Company, Anaheim, Orange County, California. NOTICE There is delinquent upon the following described stock, on account of assessment No. 62, levied on the 7th day of April, 1924, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders as follows: Cert. No. Am.t No. Shares Due Anaheim High School District ...2594 1 $ 3.00 Christopher, L. J...2248 4 12.00 Christopher, L. J...2465 6 18.00 Mulvey, J. B...5290 6 18.00 Peter, Albert...5420 1 3.00 Shea, T. F...5659 1 3.00 Southern Pacific Railroad Co....5597 1 3.00 Allen, Jno. F., Trustee 5638 7½ 22.50 Cochran, W. G...4816 5 15.00 Dorsey, A. W...4813 5 15.00 Janss Co....4374 5 15.00 Littleton, Vern C...5236 1 3.00 Maraden, R. A...5037 5 15.00 Maraden, R. A...5817 1 3.00 Maraden, R. A...5820 1½ 4.50 Porter, Rufus...6411 7 21.00 Richfield United Oil Co....5238 1 3.00 PERMUTET SOFT WATER TAKE YOUR CHOICE Regular Finished, can't be heat. All Finished Family by the pound, $1.50 min. Rough dry, all flat work ironed, low rates. Wet Wash, 5¢ per pound. $1 min. All washed and rinsel in our Zero soft water, clothes will last twice as long. OARL OELKE, ANAHEIM AGENT, Phone 129 THE SANITARY LAUNDRY 228 WEST SANTA FE AVENUE FULLERTON PHONE 26 Every telephone wire is our clothes line Is Five Cents on the Dollar of Valuation too Much to Earn? If a business worth $10,000 earned $500 net income in a year (or $41 a month), would it be considered an unreasonable profit and proof that its prices were too high? The railroads are in that situation today. The 1923 net return for the whole country was less than 5 percent. As of December 31, 1919, the Interstate Commerce Commission gave to the railroads a tentative valuation of $18,900,000,000. With actual figures for 1920, 1921, 1922, and with 1923 conservatively esti- If a business worth $10,000 earned $500 net income in a year (or $41 a month), would it be considered an unreasonable profit and proof that its prices were too high? The railroads are in that situation today. The 1923 net return for the whole country was less than 5 per cent. As of December 31, 1919, the Interstate Commerce Commission gave to the railroads a tentative valuation of $18,900,000,000. With actual figures for 1920, 1921, 1922, and with 1923 conservatively estimated as $1,100,000,000, there has been invested in the railways since this tentative valuation a net amount of $2,371,583,000, making the value as of December 31, 1923, $21,271,583,000. On this amount the Railways in 1923 earned an aggregate net operating income of approximately $997,610,000, or 4.69 per cent. The Government guarantee of earnings expired August 31, 1920. If this guarantee had been continued—as repeatedly but erroneously claimed—the Government would owe the railroads more than a billion dollars. Last year the roads handled a record volume of business but could not earn the fair return of 5% per cent to which the Interstate Commerce Commission, under the Transportation Act, has found they are entitled. If the roads cannot earn 5% per cent in a big year, what will they do in a small year? The Transportation Act provides that if a road in any year earns more than 6 per cent it shall pay one-half of the excess to the Government. The Act is, therefore, a limitation rather than a guarantee. GIVE TRANSPORTATION ACT FAIR TRIAL The Transportation Act should be given a fair test and its merits judged by the results of a normal period of reasonable length. The year 1923 was the first since the war under conditions approaching stabilization. What the railroad situation demands just now is not more law but more confidence. The railroads have emerged from the welter of the war, restored their morale, made enormous investments of new money, and in 1923 handled a peak business with universal satisfaction. The Transportation Act is the only really constructive railroad legislation of a generation. Previous acts were almost solely repressive. In framing the Act the public interest was paramount. The Act directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to "give due consideration to the transportation needs of the country and the necessity of enlarging railway facilities in order to provide the people of the United States with adequate transportation." Give the Act a chance. Don't amend it. If the roads are let alone they should make as good a record for efficiency this year as last. Constructive suggestions are always welcome. C. R. GRAY President. Omaha, Nebraska, April 1, 1924. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM How to Avoid Traffic Crossing Accidents Mobile drivers, when approaching railroad crossings, should slow down and look and listen. Absolute control thus ensured. Stop or go ahead, as conditions warrant. In 1923 one hundred and three mobile drivers were killed and four hundred four injured at highway crossings in Santa Fe Railway. Regrettable accidents might be avoided if these motorists were careful. A rapid increase in grade-cross incidents is due to the greatly increased and general use of the automobiles hands of drivers ignorant or disregardful of the perils which careless driving. Sometimes it is a careless driver alone who pays the cost, but usually innocent ones pay little or entirely. Mobile vehicles should be safer at railroad crossings than horses, because they are urged to give this "Safety First" suggestion most earnest considera- tter be safe than sorry. W. B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System